Skin mechanical properties and modeling: A review

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  • Hamed Joodaki
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • Matthew B Panzer
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

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<jats:p>The mechanical properties of the skin are important for various applications. Numerous tests have been conducted to characterize the mechanical behavior of this tissue, and this article presents a review on different experimental methods used. A discussion on the general mechanical behavior of the skin, including nonlinearity, viscoelasticity, anisotropy, loading history dependency, failure properties, and aging effects, is presented. Finally, commonly used constitutive models for simulating the mechanical response of skin are discussed in the context of representing the empirically observed behavior.</jats:p>

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